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Why place matters What do you most identify with Blackpool, Preston, Blackburn and Burnley? a)Four local authorities b)One city and three towns c)A ‘city-region’ d)Remote places somewhere north of Watford e)A birthplace of the industrial revolution f)Somewhere to go for my summer holidays

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Why places are different (2) 2. Industrial structure of the economy. How different sectors relate differently to place - Producer services - Advance manufacturing - Consumer services Links between financial services firms with bases in Manchester and Leeds and between places with 15 or more overall links Source: Harding and Robson

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Why places are different (3) 3. Proximity and economic relationship to other cities may be important, due to inter-dependencies between cities within the national urban hierarchy Complex network of commuting flows in the London city-region Source: Hal and Pain, Polynet Source: Lancashire Economic Partnership – chart by GVA Grimley

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Why places are different (4) 4. Connectivity is important for success in the knowledge economy International Nationally Regionally Locally 5. Availability of knowledge assets ABCs